April 7 scoreboard

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Pro baseball

Pro baseball

Major leagues

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB
Baltimore 1 0 1.000
Tampa Bay 1 0 1.000
Toronto 1 0 1.000
Boston 0 1 .000 1
New York 0 1 .000 1
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 1 0 1.000
Chicago 0 1 .000 1
Cleveland 0 1 .000 1
Kansas City 0 1 .000 1
Minnesota 0 1 .000 1
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 1 0 1.000
Texas 1 0 1.000
Seattle 2 1 .667
Oakland 1 2 .333 1
Thursday’s Games

Detroit 3, Boston 2

Toronto 7, Cleveland 4, 16 innings

Friday’s Games

Texas 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Baltimore 4, Minnesota 2

Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 6

L.A. Angels 5, Kansas City 0

Seattle 7, Oakland 3

Saturday’s Games

Toronto (Morrow 0-0) at Cleveland (Jimenez 0-0), 7:05 a.m.

Boston (Beckett 0-0) at Detroit (Fister 0-0), 10:05 a.m.

Kansas City (Hochevar 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Haren 0-0), 10:05 a.m.

Minnesota (Liriano 0-0) at Baltimore (Hunter 0-0), 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Price 0-0), 1:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Peavy 0-0) at Texas (Holland 0-0), 2:05 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 0-0) at Oakland (Colon 1-0), 3:05 p.m.

National League

East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 1 0 1.000
Philadelphia 1 0 1.000
Washington 1 0 1.000
Atlanta 0 1 .000 1
Miami 0 2 .000
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 2 0 1.000
Cincinnati 1 0 1.000 ½
Chicago 0 1 .000
Houston 0 1 .000
Milwaukee 0 1 .000
Pittsburgh 0 1 .000
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 2 0 1.000
Arizona 1 0 1.000 ½
Colorado 1 0 1.000 ½
San Francisco 0 1 .000
San Diego 0 2 .000 2
Thursday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 1, Atlanta 0

Philadelphia 1, Pittsburgh 0

Washington 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Cincinnati 4, Miami 0

L.A. Dodgers 5, San Diego 3

Friday’s Games

St. Louis 11, Milwaukee 5

Colorado 5, Houston 3

Arizona 5, San Francisco 4

L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 0

Saturday’s Games

Washington (G.Gonzalez 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Garza 0-0), 7:05 a.m.

Atlanta (Jurrjens 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Dickey 0-0), 7:10 a.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 0-0) at Milwaukee (Greinke 0-0), 10:05 a.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 0-0) at Arizona (Hudson 0-0), 10:10 a.m.

Colorado (Moyer 0-0) at Houston (Harrell 0-0), 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Lee 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 0-0), 1:05 p.m.

Miami (Nolasco 0-0) at Cincinnati (Latos 0-0), 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 0-0) at San Diego (Moseley 0-0), 2:35 p.m.

Pro basketball

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 30 24 .556 —

Philadelphia 29 25 .537 1

New York 28 27 .509 2½

Toronto 20 36 .357 11

New Jersey 20 37 .351 11½

Southeast Division

x-Miami 39 15 .722 —

Atlanta 33 23 .589 7

Orlando 32 23 .582 7½

Washington 12 44 .214 28

Charlotte 7 46 .132 31½

Central Division

x-Chicago 43 13 .768 —

Indiana 34 21 .618 8½

Milwaukee 27 28 .491 15½

Detroit 21 34 .382 21½

Cleveland 18 35 .340 23½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 39 14 .736 —

Memphis 31 23 .574 8½

Dallas 31 25 .554 9½

Houston 30 25 .545 10

New Orleans 14 41 .255 26

Northwest Division

x-Oklahoma City 40 15 .727 —

Denver 30 25 .545 10

Utah 29 27 .518 11½

Portland 27 29 .482 13½

Minnesota 25 31 .446 15½

Pacific Division

L.A. Lakers 35 21 .625 —

L.A. Clippers 33 22 .600 1½

Phoenix 28 27 .509 6½

Golden State 21 33 .389 13

Sacramento 19 36 .345 15½

x-clinched playoff spot

Friday’s results

Indiana 103, Oklahoma City 98

Atlanta 101, Detroit 96

Memphis 97, Miami 82

New Jersey 110, Washington 98

Cleveland 84, Toronto 80

Portland 99, Dallas 97, OT

San Antonio 128, New Orleans 103

Milwaukee 95, Charlotte 90

Denver 105, Phoenix 99

Utah 104, Golden State 98

Houston 112, L.A. Lakers 107

Today’s games

Boston at Indiana, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 2 p.m.

Dallas at Memphis, 2 p.m.

Atlanta at Charlotte, 2 p.m.

Orlando at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Portland at Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 4 p.m.

Denver at Golden State, 4:30 p.m.

Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 4:30 p.m.

Golf

At Augusta, Ga.

Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 (36-36)

Second round

(a-amateur)

Jason Dufner 69-70—139

Fred Couples 72-67—139

Lee Westwood 67-73—140

Louis Oosthuizen 68-72—140

Sergio Garcia 72-68—140

Rory McIlroy 71-69—140

Bubba Watson 69-71—140

Paul Lawrie 69-72—141

Matt Kuchar 71-70—141

Aaron Baddeley 71-71—142

Miguel Angel Jimenez 69-72—141

Ben Crane 69-73—142

Peter Hanson 68-74—142

Charles Howell III 72-70—142

Phil Mickelson 74-68—142

Vijay Singh 70-72—142

Henrik Stenson 71-71—142

Nick Watney 71-71—142

Jonthan Byrd 72-71—143

Jim Furyk 70-73—143

Sean O’Hair 73-70—143

Y.E. Yang 73-70—143

Lucas Glover 75-79—144

Padraig Harrington 71-73—144

Fredrik Jacobson 76-68—144

Hunter Mahan 72-72—144

Zach Johnson 70-74—144

Francesco Molinari 69-75—144

Ian Poulter 72-72—144

Justin Rose 72-72—144

a-Hideki Matsuyama 71-74—145

Adam Scott 75-70—145

Sang-Moon Bae 75-71—146

Stewart Cink 71-75—146

Bill Haas 72-74—146

Kevin Na 71-75—146

Geoff Oglilvy 74-72—146

Webb Simpson 72-74—146

David Toms 73-73—146

Bo Van Pelt 73-73—146

Gary Woodland 73-73—146

Kevin Chappell 71-76—147

Martin Kaymer 72-75—147

Graeme McDowell 75-72—147

Charl Schwartzel 72-75—147

Brandt Snedeker 72-75—147

Scott Stallings 70-77—147

Tiger Woods 72-75—147

Luke Donald 75-73—148

Ross Fisher 71-77—148

Rickie Fowler 74-74—148

Anders Hansen 77-72—148

Robert Karlsson 74-74—148

Martin Laird 76-72—148

Steve Stricker 71-77—148

Scott Verplank 73-75—148

Keegan Bradley 71-78—149

Thomas Bjorn 73-76—149

Gonzalo F.-Castano 74-75—149

Angel Cabrera 71-78—149

a-Patrick Cantlay 71-68—149

Trevor Immelman 78-71—149

a-Kelly Kraft 74-75—149

Edoardo Molinari 75-74—149

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Announced RHP Rick VanDenHurk declined his outright assignment and elected free agency.

National League

HOUSTON ASTROS—Placed INF Jed Lowrie on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 29. Selected the contract of INF Brian Bixler from Oklahoma City (PCL).

NEW YORK METS—Placed OF Andres Torres on the 15-day DL.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Placed RHP Scott Linebrink on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 30. Selected the contract of RHP Victor Marte from Memphis (PCL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Cancelled the option on 1B Angel Vil

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA—Signed Sacramento C DeMarcus Cousins $25,000 for public criticism of NBA officiating after an April 5 game against the Los Angeles Clippers.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed RB Brandon Jacobs to a one-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Agreed to terms with CB Roy Lewis, G Deuce Lutui and LB Barrett Ruud.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL—Suspended Minnesota D Nate Prosser one game for head-butting Chicago F Jamal Mayers during an April 5 game. Fined New York Rangers coach John Tortorella $20,000 for comments following an April 5 at Pittsburgh.

BOSTON BRUINS—Assigned F Lane MacDermid to Providence (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Called up F Maksim Mayorov from Springfield (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Recalled C- Stephen Gionta from Albany (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS—Signed D Ben Blood to a two-year contract.

COLLEGE

ALABAMA—Announced men’s junior basketball F Tony Mitchell and sophomore G Charles Hankerson Jr. requested and received releases from their scholarships.

EASTERN ILLINOIS—Named Jay Spoonhour men’s basketball coach.

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL—Fired men’s basketball coach Isiah Thomas.

GEORGE WASHINGTON—Named Jonathan Tsipis women’s basketball coach.

MIAMI (OHIO)—Named John Cooper men’s basketball coach.

TENNESSEE STATE—Named Russ Ehrenfeld offensive line coach and Mikhal Kornegay cornerbacks coach.

UC DAVIS—Named Will Kofe defensive line coach, Brian Bellotti defensive assistant and Mike Cody offensive assistant.

Pro hockey

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

z-N.Y. Rangers 81 51 23 7 109 225 183

x-Pittsburgh 81 50 25 6 106 278 219

x-Philadelphia 81 47 25 9 103 262 228

x-New Jersey 81 47 28 6 100 224 207

N.Y. Islanders 81 34 36 11 79 200 248

Northeast Division

y-Boston 81 48 29 4 100 265 199

x-Ottawa 81 41 30 10 92 247 236

Buffalo 81 39 32 10 88 215 226

Toronto 81 35 36 10 80 230 260

Montreal 81 30 35 16 76 208 225 Southeast Division

x-Florida 81 37 26 18 92 199 226

x-Washington 81 41 32 8 90 218 229

Winnipeg 81 37 35 9 83 222 242

Carolina 81 33 32 16 82 212 239

Tampa Bay 81 37 36 8 82 231 278

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

y-St. Louis 81 48 22 11 107 207 163

x-Nashville 81 47 26 8 102 231 209

x-Detroit 81 48 28 5 101 246 200

x-Chicago 81 44 26 11 99 245 236

Columbus 81 28 46 7 63 195 259

Northwest Division

y-Vancouver 81 50 22 9 109 246 198

Calgary 81 36 29 16 88 197 224

Colorado 81 41 34 6 88 207 214

Minnesota 81 35 35 11 81 176 222

Edmonton 81 32 39 10 74 212 236

Pacific Division

x-Phoenix 81 41 27 13 95 212 203

x-Los Angeles 81 40 27 14 94 192 176

x-San Jose 81 42 29 10 94 225 208

Dallas 81 42 34 5 89 209 219

Anaheim 81 34 35 12 80 202 226

x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division; z-clinched conference

Friday’s result

Phoenix 4, St. Louis 1

Today’s games

Chicago at Detroit, 7 pam.

Ottawa at New Jersey, 9 a.m.

Buffalo at Boston, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Anaheim at Calgary, 10 a.m.

Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 12:30 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Florida, 1:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 2 p.m.

St. Louis at Dallas, 2 p.m.

Nashville at Colorado, 3 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.

Soccer

Major League Soccer

Thursday’s result

FC Dallas 1, New England 0

Today’s games

Toronto FC at Montreal, 6 a.m.

New York at Columbus, 9 a.m.

Los Angeles at Sport. K.C., 10 a.m.

Vancouver at San Jose, 1 p.m.

Seattle FC at D.C. United, 1:30 p.m.

Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 3 p.m.

Chivas USA at Portland, 4:30 p.m.

Tennis

WTA Family Circle Cup

At Charleston, S.C.

Singles

Third Round

Samantha Stosur (2), Australia, def. Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Quarterfinals

Serena Williams (5), United States, def. Sabine Lisicki (6), Germany, 4-1, retired.

Samantha Stosur (2), Australia, def. Venus Williams, United States, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Lucie Safarova (9), Czech Republic, def. Vera Zvonareva (4), Russia, 6-3, 6-3.

Polona Hercog (14), Slovenia, def. Nadia Petrova (13), Russia, 6-1, 6-2.